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Leaders at the summit

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Giuliano Amato and

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. It was also the last summit for

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Brian Mulroney and

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Participants

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Summit (18)

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"EU and the G8"

Issues

The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions. Issues which were discussed at this summit included: * World Economy * United Nations Conference on Environment and Development(UNCED) * Developing Countries * Central and Eastern Europe * New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union * Safety of Nuclear Power Plants in the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union and in Central and Eastern Europe

Gallery

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François Mitterrand,

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Giuliano Amato,

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John Major,

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Notes

References

* Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000)
''Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal.''
Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing.
OCLC 43186692
2009-04-29) * Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998)
''Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations.''
London:

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External links

* No official website is created for any G7 summit prior to 1995 -- ''see'' the 21st G7 summit. *

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